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10/05/26 - Hour 3 · The Huddle

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: Up on a Monday in the good land. Drew Billion,
• 0:02
  Speaker 1: I'm bringing it to you as we do. Welcome in
• 0:06
  Speaker 1: seven o'clock clubbers. The water is fine. We are basking
• 0:10
  Speaker 1: in the glow of a it's the victory Monday of
• 0:12
  Speaker 1: all victory Mondays. Badgers win. Badgers volleyball one.
• 0:17
  Speaker 2: We've been informed as yes, all this Badgers women's hockey
• 0:21
  Speaker 2: raised their banner and won two games.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely.
• 0:23
  Speaker 1: Absolutely. So the Badgers beat Michigan State. The Brewers win
• 0:27
  Speaker 1: a pair of games in electrifying fashion. Roofgate has already
• 0:31
  Speaker 1: been replaced because of the ninth inning yesterday and Jackson
• 0:34
  Speaker 1: Cheerios walk-off hit. Packers won a game. We'll talk to
• 0:37
  Speaker 1: Wayne Larrabee in about 25 minutes from right now. Winsconsin, baby. Winsconsin. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: I like that. Yeah. Don't forget about the Admirals, though. Incredible.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, Admirals.
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  Speaker 1: They start up their season with a win. Yes. Admirals,
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  Speaker 1: not only do they start their season with a win,
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  Speaker 1: they welcome back Jeff Orlowski, the Polish.
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  Speaker 4: Pipebomb, back in the fold. That's the biggest win there is.
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  Speaker 4: Pipebomb was behind the board for the game. He is
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  Speaker 4: back on the team.
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  Speaker 2: So you're telling me Pipebomb was in this building on
• 1:04
  Speaker 2: Saturday night when I came back here from Cam Randall
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  Speaker 2: and I missed him?
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  Speaker 1: You missed him. Apparently.
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  Speaker 5: Son of a.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, he was.
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  Speaker 4: He made his transfer return to the board. Polish Pipe
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  Speaker 4: Bomb is back. And to the airway for the Admirals.
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  Speaker 1: That is awesome. That's one of the greatest moments. That's
• 1:19
  Speaker 1: the best win of the weekend. That was the biggest
• 1:21
  Speaker 1: breaking news we've had around here in like a week,
• 1:24
  Speaker 1: in several weeks, because El Jefe broke that news on Wednesday.
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  Speaker 1: You guys were off, and it was me and Hunter
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  Speaker 1: and Dobie, and we talked to El Jefe, his first
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  Speaker 1: visit of the season with us, And we mentioned, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: the games, Aaron Sims is back and Jeff Orlowski is back.
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  Speaker 1: We're excited to have him back. Like he broke the news.
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  Speaker 3: Let's go.
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  Speaker 6: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: The bomb squad is back. But and as it is,
• 1:48
  Speaker 1: you know, we got to follow it up with. I
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  Speaker 1: hate to say a major announcement. It's only major if
• 1:52
  Speaker 1: you think it's major. We have an announcement of some
• 1:55
  Speaker 1: significance to lay on you. And it strikes me that
• 2:00
  Speaker 1: we're just under inside of four weeks from now, everybody's
• 2:04
  Speaker 1: going to adjust their clock because the daylight saving time
• 2:07
  Speaker 1: hits that after Halloween into November 1st. Yep, that November 1st.
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  Speaker 1: So in four weeks, you're going to have to adjust
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  Speaker 1: your clocks, your alarm clocks, your home clocks, and your
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  Speaker 1: body clocks a little bit. Well, we're going to get
• 2:18
  Speaker 1: a jump on that. Very much so. A definite flip.
• 2:23
  Speaker 1: One week from today, the huddle, as you know it,
• 2:28
  Speaker 1: existing between 5 a.m. and 8 a.m., will cease to
• 2:32
  Speaker 1: exist in that window. We are moving on up to
• 2:35
  Speaker 1: the east side. One week from today, we will become
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  Speaker 1: an afternoon program. The huddle will take place between 2
• 2:41
  Speaker 1: and 5 p.m. every week. Let's go.
• 2:46
  Speaker 2: Very difficult news for the insomniacs and sociopaths outside of
• 2:50
  Speaker 2: the health club waiting there.
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  Speaker 1: And the 5 o'clock club, we are emotional to say
• 2:53
  Speaker 1: goodbye to you. We're emotional to say goodbye to the
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  Speaker 1: 5 o'clock club, but there will be a show at
• 2:57
  Speaker 1: 5 o'clock behind us, generally held by Hunter Baumgart when
• 3:00
  Speaker 1: he's done with baseball and stuff. We'll patch that together.
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  Speaker 1: But we are going to air from 2 to 5 p.m.
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  Speaker 1: one week from today, which means we can stay up
• 3:10
  Speaker 1: late again and watch the end of games. And we
• 3:12
  Speaker 1: will miss it. I've actually adjusted to it. I don't
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  Speaker 1: mind it. I don't hate getting up anymore. I like
• 3:17
  Speaker 1: being done early in the morning. Now, you've gone.
• 3:19
  Speaker 2: This is the flip right back to the normal spot
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  Speaker 2: for you. That's where I was until January.
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  Speaker 1: You're an afternoon drive guy. It's going to be a
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  Speaker 1: heck of an adjustment. It's going to be a flip.
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  Speaker 2: But 2 to 5 starting on one week from today
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  Speaker 2: on Monday. Day after the Packers beat the Chicago Bears
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  Speaker 2: and moved to 3-2, hopefully.
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  Speaker 1: Come on now. Hopefully the Brewers win game one of
• 3:39
  Speaker 1: the NLCS. And we will be, you will hear us
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  Speaker 1: between 2 and 5. Same channels, same everywhere. YouTube, Facebook, X,
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  Speaker 1: we'll be doing the same thing.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: But we're moving. And it's good for us because, you know,
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  Speaker 1: We'll do a show whenever they tell us. We have
• 3:56
  Speaker 1: done it. If you want us to go from 2 a.m.
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  Speaker 1: to 5 a.m., we would do that. We'll show up
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  Speaker 1: because we like doing this. That's my slot right there.
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  Speaker 1: I will say it was a bit of a tester.
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  Speaker 1: And the Packers have a lot of primetime games. And
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  Speaker 1: it was a bit of a tester when they played
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  Speaker 1: the Thursday night against the Falcons. And we were up
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  Speaker 1: there on the air until 1 a.m. and back at it.
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  Speaker 1: At 5 a.m. here with a little drive for me
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  Speaker 1: and Billy, a little drive back from Lambeau. It was
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  Speaker 1: a tight turn for you guys. It was a tight turn.
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  Speaker 1: But the bosses have decided and decreed, and we're on
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  Speaker 1: board with it. Just tell us when to show up,
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  Speaker 1: but we will be doing this show from 2 to 5.
• 4:26
  Speaker 2: We're an afternoon show. So this is our victory lap.
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  Speaker 2: Our farewell to mornings is this week. And, you know,
• 4:34
  Speaker 2: October 12th in this building is a fateful day that
• 4:37
  Speaker 2: a lot of us will remember quite negatively for quite
• 4:41
  Speaker 2: some time.
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  Speaker 4: That is a day in the calendar.
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  Speaker 1: And it's a.
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  Speaker 2: Hell of a full circle moment for all of us.
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  Speaker 2: The last year has been about as turbulent as you
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  Speaker 2: could have in a lot of different workspaces.
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  Speaker 5: Ours wasn't.
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  Speaker 1: No different than that.
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  Speaker 2: And Drew, you said it for the bosses to plan, think,
• 4:59
  Speaker 2: care this much, want to and feel it in not
• 5:04
  Speaker 2: only the company's best interest for us to continue on
• 5:07
  Speaker 2: to roll, but also to move us to a spot
• 5:09
  Speaker 2: where they believe that we can get out, get more publicity, notoriety,
• 5:13
  Speaker 2: opportunity to be engaged with fans. The Thursday night huddle.
• 5:17
  Speaker 2: You mentioned the test driver that those preseason that the
• 5:20
  Speaker 2: preseason game in the night games were. us being active
• 5:23
  Speaker 2: and the response that we've already gotten being up in
• 5:26
  Speaker 2: the daylight hours and for the Thursday night huddle has
• 5:30
  Speaker 2: been impressive enough. So we really, really thank everybody for
• 5:33
  Speaker 2: being able to. care and listen and be around with
• 5:36
  Speaker 2: us for as long as we've gone through some turbulent
• 5:40
  Speaker 2: waters to the point now where uh it feels like
• 5:42
  Speaker 2: it could be a little bit of growth spot indeed.
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  Speaker 4: You the listeners have sustained us you've been the wind
• 5:47
  Speaker 4: beneath our wings the fans uh throughout this situation billy's
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  Speaker 4: talked about the last year it's so true it is
• 5:52
  Speaker 4: kind of ironic that it's that same date uh We
• 5:56
  Speaker 4: don't want to complain too, we're still doing what we love,
• 5:58
  Speaker 4: but it was something that was unusual. But now, hopefully,
• 6:03
  Speaker 4: bigger and brighter things as we move to the afternoons. Although,
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  Speaker 4: you never get used to this time slot. People keep asking,
• 6:10
  Speaker 4: do you get used to getting up that early? You
• 6:12
  Speaker 4: never get used to it, you learn to manage it.
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  Speaker 4: I think we all kind of were getting in that groove.
• 6:16
  Speaker 4: And I think there's pros and cons. The cons are,
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  Speaker 4: now I can't pretend I'm a blue collar guy all
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  Speaker 4: the time getting up that early. I mean, that used
• 6:23
  Speaker 4: to be that fake hustle all the time. You know,
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  Speaker 4: I can have that in the back of my mind. Hey,
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  Speaker 4: what time do you guys get up for work? You know,
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  Speaker 4: we're done with our day when you start, you know,
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  Speaker 4: that whole thing. But very excited, very happy to be
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  Speaker 4: going to afternoons with you guys because we can be
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  Speaker 4: part of the community more. We can get out and
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  Speaker 4: meet listeners more. We can be part of that conversation.
• 6:41
  Speaker 2: That is a big part of it is that we're
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  Speaker 2: available for remote broadcasts with listeners around. It won't change
• 6:47
  Speaker 2: the Thursday night huddle. We'll just start at Pato earlier.
• 6:50
  Speaker 1: Yes. That's TBA, whether it'll be from 3 to 7,
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  Speaker 1: but we'll be there in our normal spot from 5
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  Speaker 1: to 7, but we'll be there longer. Tough work, William.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to be there longer. Son of a gun. Oh, no. Darn. Oh, man. Sorry, honey.
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  Speaker 5: No.
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  Speaker 6: Sorry.
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  Speaker 1: I got to get there earlier. It's going to be rough. But, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it is. It's a little bittersweet. I mean, I like
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  Speaker 1: that we're moving into the afternoons for that reason. And
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  Speaker 1: I do selfishly be able to attend games and be
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  Speaker 1: able to stay up and not have that push pull of,
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  Speaker 1: all right, do I nap to go out? Like this week,
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  Speaker 1: obviously like this week, the Brewers are playing tomorrow night.
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  Speaker 1: And what is the 830 first pitch? Yes. 830 first pitch.
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  Speaker 1: 830 or 838 first pitch. And so that's going to
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  Speaker 1: be a tester for you boys, right? That's going to
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  Speaker 1: be tough. You know, Sunday night football, Monday night football,
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  Speaker 1: Thursday night football. It's hard for us to stay up
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  Speaker 1: and watch those games. You end up, you know, catching up.
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  Speaker 1: Thank God for the technology and condensed games and stuff,
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  Speaker 1: able to watch it and catch up. But so life-wise,
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  Speaker 1: it is, you know, better. But I like, especially in
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  Speaker 1: the summer, I like to have mornings off in the summer.
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  Speaker 1: And I spent a lot of time at the pool
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  Speaker 1: this year. Oh, for sure. We're going to be working
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  Speaker 1: in the middle of the day. And so it is
• 8:01
  Speaker 1: a trade-off and we will miss. And we created the
• 8:03
  Speaker 1: five o'clock club and shout out. That was a suggestion
• 8:06
  Speaker 1: by our buddy, Dobie Maxwell.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Who say, yeah, make it special for those people who
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  Speaker 1: are up that first hour, because you guys are there,
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  Speaker 1: and they're there, and you're in it together, and we
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  Speaker 1: will miss the five o'clock club.
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  Speaker 4: Because that was our most, I don't want to say
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  Speaker 4: most special, but that was the most unique group of listeners,
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  Speaker 4: and you guys proved to us that you're out there,
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  Speaker 4: and you showed up big time.
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  Speaker 1: I will say that that was eye-opening for me. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: me too. You guys were doing mornings a little bit too,
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  Speaker 1: and I was stunned at how many people are up
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  Speaker 1: and around and functioning at 5 a.m. I had no
• 8:33
  Speaker 1: idea that world existed. Most of my adult life has
• 8:36
  Speaker 1: been in the sports industry and I've been at games
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  Speaker 1: and I've been late and I've basically been kind of
• 8:39
  Speaker 1: a second shift worker. Now we've switched to where we
• 8:42
  Speaker 1: were almost third shift. We're like two and a half
• 8:46
  Speaker 1: where we were and we were done and I was
• 8:48
  Speaker 1: driving in rush hour driving home in rush hour at
• 8:52
  Speaker 1: eight in the morning.
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  Speaker 2: So that was a bit of a trip. So I, I,
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  Speaker 2: I will say I got used to it. You never
• 8:59
  Speaker 2: really like Armin. You're right.
• 9:00
  Speaker 1: You don't really.
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  Speaker 2: Love it, but I adapted to it and it had
• 9:04
  Speaker 2: its benefits, but this is going to be good for everybody.
• 9:07
  Speaker 2: And it's good for us. And if you own a company,
• 9:09
  Speaker 2: you want us to broadcast from your place of business.
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  Speaker 2: We're more than happy to do it. And that's a
• 9:13
  Speaker 2: big part of it is that we're going to be
• 9:14
  Speaker 2: able to be out in the community and do stuff.
• 9:17
  Speaker 2: And let's say there's a game, you know, at the
• 9:20
  Speaker 2: brewers are playing, uh, uh, the birds are playing a
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  Speaker 2: game on a Tuesday night in Atlanta.
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  Speaker 1: And the game starts at 6 our time. Well, we'll
• 9:28
  Speaker 1: get you ready. We'll be at a bar eating wings
• 9:30
  Speaker 1: and getting you ready, and we'll be able to do
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  Speaker 1: the kind of pregame parties on a regular basis.
• 9:34
  Speaker 2: Yes, and we're getting a lot of people, like our
• 9:35
  Speaker 2: friend Mike Witt said, listening to you guys every morning
• 9:37
  Speaker 2: when I'm driving home from work. Since I'm a third shifter,
• 9:41
  Speaker 2: going to miss you guys, but I completely understand. The
• 9:43
  Speaker 2: nice thing is the power of technology. Like our friend
• 9:46
  Speaker 2: Paul said, I got a bunch of different shows during
• 9:48
  Speaker 2: that time slot, but I'll be listening to you on
• 9:50
  Speaker 2: the podcast later. Luckily, if you listen to us in
• 9:53
  Speaker 2: the morning, you can still listen to our show from
• 9:55
  Speaker 2: the day of day of listening on YouTube going right
• 9:58
  Speaker 2: back in podcasting and technology makes it luckily that Time
• 10:02
  Speaker 2: slot shows are it's just when you actually do the show.
• 10:06
  Speaker 1: Luckily, they are shows.
• 10:07
  Speaker 5: Right.
• 10:08
  Speaker 2: So it just continues on and will live. And luckily,
• 10:10
  Speaker 2: you listen, consume it, hopefully whenever you want. But we
• 10:13
  Speaker 2: do understand that this is an adjustment for everybody. But
• 10:16
  Speaker 2: there's a lot of people that are going back and forth.
• 10:18
  Speaker 2: I like this one from Eddie and Stalas, though. the
• 10:20
  Speaker 2: happy hour huddle is a good spot to land.
• 10:23
  Speaker 1: That's a great one.
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  Speaker 2: That's a great tag for us to be hanging out,
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  Speaker 2: that it could be a lot of different happy hours
• 10:29
  Speaker 2: throughout the summer.
• 10:30
  Speaker 1: Maybe some patios. We're not kicking you out of the
• 10:33
  Speaker 1: 5 o'clock club. The club will always exist, Sam. It
• 10:35
  Speaker 1: will always be there. The club, the 5 o'clock club,
• 10:37
  Speaker 1: will be in full force on Thursdays at Pottawatomie. That's
• 10:39
  Speaker 1: a great point. In the fall here. So, yeah, it's
• 10:42
  Speaker 1: a little bit bittersweet. I know some people are going
• 10:44
  Speaker 1: to be disappointed. People don't like change. I mean, we
• 10:46
  Speaker 1: changed and we took– Entered this slot in late January,
• 10:52
  Speaker 1: and here we've been doing it, and we've adjusted to it,
• 10:54
  Speaker 1: and we've built an audience. We hope everybody will come
• 10:57
  Speaker 1: with us. And like Billy said, you can consume the
• 10:59
  Speaker 1: shows nowadays anytime. Whenever you want. Podcast it when you're
• 11:02
  Speaker 1: walking the dog. You can do it on your schedule.
• 11:05
  Speaker 1: But for us and for the radio station, now a
• 11:07
  Speaker 1: lot of folks are asking what's going to air in
• 11:09
  Speaker 1: the mornings. Well, stay tuned on that front. That's all
• 11:12
  Speaker 1: we can say. Stay tuned on that front. And then,
• 11:14
  Speaker 1: like we said, between 5 and 6, there will be something.
• 11:17
  Speaker 1: going on between five and six it might be for
• 11:20
  Speaker 1: a while it might be a replay of the two
• 11:22
  Speaker 1: o'clock uh hour of our programming it might be uh
• 11:25
  Speaker 1: you know hunter's tied up in baseball right now but
• 11:28
  Speaker 1: sources close to my situation say there's a really good
• 11:30
  Speaker 1: chance that hunter might be helming that hour of the
• 11:33
  Speaker 1: manning that beautiful for us there are some in the
• 11:35
  Speaker 1: mix here he's got other stuff admirals have starts where
• 11:40
  Speaker 1: there will be something behind us as well. But our
• 11:43
  Speaker 1: show will air from two to five beginning next week,
• 11:46
  Speaker 1: which is after the bears Packers game after we hope
• 11:49
  Speaker 1: brewers in game one of the NLCS. So we're looking
• 11:52
  Speaker 1: for it. It's going to be better for us in
• 11:54
  Speaker 1: a lot of ways and much better.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: And here's a little inside. We'll, we'll lift up the
• 11:58
  Speaker 1: skirt a little bit, like the skirt, lifting up the skirt. Wayne,
• 12:01
  Speaker 1: Larry's going to join us at seven 25 in this
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  Speaker 1: time slot. John Greenberg joins us at 725. Those guys
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  Speaker 1: are coming with us. And Rock is coming with us.
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  Speaker 1: But it's asking a lot for people to get up
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  Speaker 1: at 725 after they worked at night. It is. And
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  Speaker 1: that was our one spot really to get guests because
• 12:19
  Speaker 1: we didn't really want to ask and impose on people
• 12:21
  Speaker 1: to get up. Hey, you want to join us? Are
• 12:22
  Speaker 1: you free at 530 a.m.? It's a bring you great guests.
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  Speaker 1: We can get more guests and a better slate of
• 12:29
  Speaker 1: guests in this time slot. We can do more remote broadcasts.
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  Speaker 1: We can sleep in. We can go to games. We
• 12:34
  Speaker 1: can be out and go to bars and restaurants and
• 12:37
  Speaker 1: wherever you want us to be between two and five.
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  Speaker 1: So we look at this as positive. We're looking forward
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  Speaker 1: to it. And I kind of will miss the five
• 12:44
  Speaker 1: o'clock level.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And a couple of important ones to get to that
• 12:48
  Speaker 2: are hitting us up on the talking text line. Steven Madison,
• 12:50
  Speaker 2: will this new time slot air on 1070 in Madison?
• 12:53
  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 5: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: We are on intense on 1070.
• 12:56
  Speaker 1: In Madison, 2-5.
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  Speaker 2: So that means we'll also, as you said, lead into
• 13:00
  Speaker 2: sometimes Admirals hockey in Madison, sometimes Badgers women's hockey we'll
• 13:04
  Speaker 2: lead into as well.
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  Speaker 1: That'll be the tie-in.
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  Speaker 2: Marks in Iowa, goodbye 5 o'clock, hello 2 o'clock happy hour.
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  Speaker 2: That's how you look at it. And like Maggie in
• 13:11
  Speaker 2: Georgia said, I'm sad that we're going to lose Dolph.
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  Speaker 5: Bummer.
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  Speaker 1: But now maybe Shanna will be joining us once again.
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  Speaker 4: Shanna Quinn.
• 13:18
  Speaker 1: Always nice to have Shanna Quinn joining the show. That's confirmed.
• 13:22
  Speaker 1: That's booked. Let's go. And she... Her reply to my
• 13:26
  Speaker 1: text was basically LFG. And she's got a sweet new
• 13:30
  Speaker 1: podcast that we got to talk about as well. Yeah,
• 13:33
  Speaker 1: so the player to be named later will be Shanna
• 13:35
  Speaker 1: Quinn because, yeah, Dolph won't be able to join us
• 13:37
  Speaker 1: because he'll be taking naps and going about his day.
• 13:39
  Speaker 1: But we will have Shanna join us on a regular basis.
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  Speaker 2: And I do appreciate, like Brian and Madison said, I
• 13:43
  Speaker 2: thought the announcement was one of you guys was leaving
• 13:45
  Speaker 2: the show.
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  Speaker 1: I'm happy it's good news.
• 13:46
  Speaker 2: We're glad that it's very much good news.
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  Speaker 1: We'll do the show whenever they tell us to.
• 13:51
  Speaker 2: We just appreciate that we're going to be on from
• 13:54
  Speaker 2: 2 to 5, 2 to.
• 13:55
  Speaker 1: 6 now local. There is that piece. We're buying an
• 13:58
  Speaker 1: extra hour of local programming into this deal as well.
• 14:01
  Speaker 1: That's right.
• 14:01
  Speaker 4: And we know for some of you, the schedule changed
• 14:04
  Speaker 4: and it was better this, so you're going to miss
• 14:05
  Speaker 4: us in the morning.
• 14:06
  Speaker 1: We wish we could be on for you all day, guys.
• 14:08
  Speaker 1: So sorry. It's one of those. That's the bummer side.
• 14:11
  Speaker 1: I don't know that we would be good for 24 hours, though. No,
• 14:14
  Speaker 1: but we'd be there. Yeah, but we wouldn't be good.
• 14:17
  Speaker 1: That's true. I don't know if we'd be good at
• 14:18
  Speaker 1: that point.
• 14:19
  Speaker 4: But like Billy said, and it's become a popular thing,
• 14:23
  Speaker 4: YouTube's always there.
• 14:24
  Speaker 1: Very easy to listen back to shows.
• 14:26
  Speaker 4: We see a lot of people doing it, and obviously
• 14:30
  Speaker 4: the podcast as well. So the ones that can't join
• 14:33
  Speaker 4: us in the afternoon because of your schedule will miss you,
• 14:35
  Speaker 4: but we're always there for you in different ways, if.
• 14:37
  Speaker 1: That makes sense.
• 14:38
  Speaker 5: Absolutely.
• 14:38
  Speaker 1: Absolutely. So that is our announcement. Again, it's significant to
• 14:41
  Speaker 1: us and our families. Significant if you're a hardcore listener.
• 14:46
  Speaker 1: Is it a major news? No, I always get when
• 14:48
  Speaker 1: people say major announcement, then they underwhelm. It's an announcement
• 14:51
  Speaker 1: of some significance. It's going to change for us. So
• 14:53
  Speaker 1: beginning October 12th, the huddle will convene at 2 p.m.
• 14:59
  Speaker 1: on these here airwaves and interwebs. We're going to go
• 15:01
  Speaker 1: from two to five. All right. Thanks for indulging us.
• 15:04
  Speaker 1: We got a lot more to work through. We're going
• 15:05
  Speaker 1: to have our current electric superhero of the day coming up.
• 15:07
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• 15:18
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• 15:22
  Speaker 1: 15 minutes. You're in the huddle, Fox Sports Radio, Wisconsin.
• 15:28
  Speaker 1: Huddled up on a Monday, Drew Billion-Armond bringing it to you.
• 15:30
  Speaker 1: 920 Milwaukee, 1070 Madison. Just if you missed it, our
• 15:35
  Speaker 1: announcement was that this is our last Monday in this
• 15:38
  Speaker 1: time slot. A week from today, we will move the
• 15:41
  Speaker 1: show 2 o'clock p.m. to 5 o'clock p.m.
• 15:46
  Speaker 2: From the 5 o'clock club to the happy hour club.
• 15:49
  Speaker 1: That's right. Thanks for hanging out. It's going to be
• 15:51
  Speaker 1: a blast. 877-794-1973. Is this Jamie and Reedsburg on line one?
• 15:57
  Speaker 4: Yes.
• 15:57
  Speaker 1: Jamie and Reedsburg, welcome to the huddle.
• 16:00
  Speaker 6: Hey, guys. I just want to say I am so
• 16:03
  Speaker 6: happy that there's going to be local radio on doing
• 16:07
  Speaker 6: sports on 1070 in Madison from 2 to 5 or
• 16:11
  Speaker 6: in the afternoon. I enjoy listening to you guys every
• 16:14
  Speaker 6: morning when I go to work, but I also enjoy
• 16:16
  Speaker 6: listening to local radio. You guys are on my way
• 16:20
  Speaker 6: home from work, so I'm excited. So I'm happy for
• 16:23
  Speaker 6: you guys.
• 16:24
  Speaker 1: Thank you, Jamie. Thank you very much. We're excited too. Again,
• 16:26
  Speaker 1: we're going to miss this and we built a little
• 16:29
  Speaker 1: core here. I hope people will come with us. We
• 16:30
  Speaker 1: understand if this is your availability. like Jannie and Appleton.
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: She doesn't sure her husband's going to be able to
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: listen to us now, but it's a trade.
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: Well, and the tough thing is drew it's a, there's
• 16:41
  Speaker 2: different ways of it, right? Jamie said on the way
• 16:44
  Speaker 2: to work is a good one, but there's a tone
• 16:46
  Speaker 2: and a tenor that are a little bit different. We're
• 16:48
  Speaker 2: going to keep doing the same show, but then you
• 16:50
  Speaker 2: get to maybe smile a little bit more. Cause you
• 16:52
  Speaker 2: don't have the eight hour day staring down the barrel
• 16:55
  Speaker 2: and you only get us for 15 minutes. Then you
• 16:56
  Speaker 2: can maybe hang out in the car for an extra
• 16:58
  Speaker 2: 10 minutes. If we're a, I don't know, chopping it
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: up with Wayne Larrabee or, One of our other guests,
• 17:02
  Speaker 2: maybe maybe our wake and bake story of the day
• 17:05
  Speaker 2: hits a 20 after four time again.
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: Who knows? I would say there's a good chance of
• 17:12
  Speaker 1: that coming back. Pretty good chance of that. Shift some
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: things up and we'll freshen it up because, you know,
• 17:17
  Speaker 1: we started this little program of ours in January and.
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: I think it's time to freshen some things up. We'll
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: have a new show open for those people who are complaining,
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: I'm sick of that open. We'll change things up a
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: little bit. We'll spice it up a little bit. We'll
• 17:30
  Speaker 1: have some different ones. Yeah, we'll let you guys cut
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: the open. I'm just kidding. You are so not kidding. Oh,
• 17:36
  Speaker 1: my God, was he mad. I do like doing them.
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: And the other thing is, I'll have more time now
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: to do production before the show. The chalice of tears.
• 17:44
  Speaker 4: Because it is harder to do it unless you get
• 17:46
  Speaker 4: up at like, you know, three in the morning.
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: And so it's on balance. It's going to be a
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: good move for us, as we say. So yeah, hit
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: us up.
• 17:53
  Speaker 6: 877-794-1973.
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: Our current electric superhero of the day. I mean, Evan
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: Williams had a good day for the Packers, and Colton
• 18:02
  Speaker 1: Joseph had a pretty good day for the Packers. Come on,
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: there's one hero. There's one superhero of the day. Give
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: us Adam Amin's call again, would you? Just give me
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: a second to rack it up. Yeah, because the superhero
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: of the day today. And you wanted to be the
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: superhero of the day. I'm clearly not Jackson. Kern Electric,
• 18:17
  Speaker 1: shut up and find the highlight, will you? Current Electric,
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: callcurrent.com is our sponsor for this. And we pick a
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: superhero every day because they have superheroes on the van,
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: on the side of the vans, and superheroes inside. The techs,
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: the people, the customer service is second to none. Current Electric, callcurrent.com.
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: Have them do all your electrical work. And they have
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: our superhero of the day. And it's Jackson Turio because
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: of the moment. Just getting him to the plate in
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: itself was a victory and getting the bases loaded. The
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: only way that could have been more dramatic is... is
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: if he had hit a grand slam.
• 18:48
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and listen, get some launch angle on it, kid,
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: and make it a little bit better. Drew, and like
• 18:54
  Speaker 2: all heroes, you want to come up like a phoenix
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: from the ashes. Jackson gets out in the seventh in
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: a really similar situation. Bases juiced, knowing Miller's coming in
• 19:04
  Speaker 2: for a six-out save. That felt pretty damn daunting, but
• 19:06
  Speaker 2: he gets one more opportunity, one more chance, and delivers.
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: And a bat for the ages and a moment for
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: the ages, and now Harmon hit it.
• 19:14
  Speaker 3: Churio.
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: Hits it hard towards Churio.
• 19:17
  Speaker 4: Hits it.
• 19:17
  Speaker 5: Lodge goes.
• 19:18
  Speaker 6: Here comes Brown.
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: Play at the plate. And Johnson Churio makes the play.
• 19:22
  Speaker 3: And words get through.
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: So you'll never forget that one. Brewers fans will never
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: forget that one. Yeah, there have been bigger moments, technically speaking,
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: in its recency bias, but that's in the snaps. It's
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: in the discussion for one of the great electrifying moments.
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: Is it also because of who it is?
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: Like, no disrespect to Niger Morgan and his family, but
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: when it is the guy that is now the chosen
• 20:03
  Speaker 2: one to be the next face of the franchise... who
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: now has kind of already taken over that. He probably did,
• 20:08
  Speaker 2: you know, maybe last year, but that has completely eliminated
• 20:13
  Speaker 2: any question or wonder.
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: He is the face. He was anointed that with the
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: $ 80 million.
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: Deal before he plays a game. And it just might
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: have turned the corner. Like you think about the best
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: teams and the ones that do end up cracking through.
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: Think of the 19 Nationals. Was it Murph this past weekend?
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: You were at the press conferences on Saturday.
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: I think Murph.
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: Mentioned he's like, not always the best team wins. He
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: mentioned the 19 Nationals by name. And one of the
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: reasons they did was because they had this 22 year
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: old guy named Juan Soto, who was the best player
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: on the field every time he stepped onto it.
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: And he came in that way.
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: And whether or not this team does the exact same
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: thing that that one did, they might have the superstar
• 20:57
  Speaker 2: young pitcher that is taking the world over. They had Strasburg.
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: You have Miz. They had Soto. You have Churio. And
• 21:06
  Speaker 2: you need to have one on each side. They're both
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: right now 25-1, or at least they were to begin
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: the weekend, Drew, to win World Series MVP. And if
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: you think the Brewers get there, it's hard to think
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: they win it without those two guys being... superhuman and
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: game changing. And you got that luckily from Jackson yesterday
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: because you survived the game and you won one where
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: Miz was far from it.
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: That's a great point, Billy.
• 21:32
  Speaker 4: And Jackson was the guy and he's the arrow and
• 21:33
  Speaker 4: there's the best here in the Brewers right now. He's
• 21:35
  Speaker 4: the one guy you have confidence in all the time,
• 21:38
  Speaker 4: but you can't overestimate that this exemplified this team in
• 21:41
  Speaker 4: many ways. The star of the team for this team
• 21:43
  Speaker 4: is the team, right? Everyone stars in their role. And
• 21:46
  Speaker 4: Sanchez working the walk yellow, getting it started as well.
• 21:49
  Speaker 4: Getting on base, getting the steel free, like working the walk.
• 21:52
  Speaker 4: They might, if you don't know in the back of
• 21:53
  Speaker 4: their mind, it's like, I don't know if I'm going
• 21:55
  Speaker 4: to be the guy to be the hero against this dude,
• 21:57
  Speaker 4: but I'm going to be the guy to get to
• 21:59
  Speaker 4: the next guy to, to star in my role, to
• 22:01
  Speaker 4: be part of the solution, to, to do my part,
• 22:05
  Speaker 4: to help put the right guy on the right stage
• 22:07
  Speaker 4: for the right moment.
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: And that's what everybody was doing there.
• 22:09
  Speaker 4: So that was what was awesome to me as well
• 22:13
  Speaker 4: about that whole thing. In example five, this team is
• 22:15
  Speaker 4: all about Gary Sanchez's walk might be forgotten for history,
• 22:19
  Speaker 4: but we'll remember how important that was to get Jackson
• 22:22
  Speaker 4: to that spot right on base right there. So the
• 22:25
  Speaker 4: only thing I could think of, guys, and, you know,
• 22:26
  Speaker 4: I've been on a little every now and then I
• 22:28
  Speaker 4: make my jokes about Salvatore. But as soon as that
• 22:30
  Speaker 4: thing went through, I said. Sal is the right guy
• 22:34
  Speaker 4: to be on second right now. Cause I know he's
• 22:35
  Speaker 4: going to score. I know Sal Freelick will absolutely do
• 22:39
  Speaker 4: everything in his power to make sure his hand touches
• 22:42
  Speaker 4: home plate.
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: And he did. And that's the best part about having
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: a guy like that in his team.
• 22:46
  Speaker 5: I don't know.
• 22:46
  Speaker 4: You can measure his size is any number you can
• 22:49
  Speaker 4: put against him. You can't measure heart.
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: All right.
• 22:52
  Speaker 4: And, and, and he know he's got a big one
• 22:54
  Speaker 4: pumping right there. So it was an awesome, awesome moment,
• 22:57
  Speaker 4: not just for Jackson, but for the whole team. It
• 22:59
  Speaker 4: absolutely was for the whole city.
• 23:02
  Speaker 2: Marcus in Iowa, the current electric shut up and find
• 23:05
  Speaker 2: the highlight of the day has a.
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: Lot longer runway. I love that. Well played.
• 23:12
  Speaker 2: That is one of my absolute favorite things I've ever heard.
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: My favorite thing I've ever heard is the fact that
• 23:19
  Speaker 2: right now the winter upgrade special is going on the
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: electrical upgrade special with current electric. You have a chance
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: to get your home winter ready and save 200 bucks.
• 23:27
  Speaker 5: What?
• 23:28
  Speaker 2: Save $ 200 and get all your winter electrical upgrades in,
• 23:31
  Speaker 2: roof edges.
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: Heat tape.
• 23:33
  Speaker 2: Get those exposed pipes with outdoor GFCI outlets with weatherproof cases.
• 23:38
  Speaker 2: Make sure those are locked in in the month of
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: October and get that deal. That's what I like to hear, Armin.
• 23:42
  Speaker 3: Sorry.
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: Hey, Marcus, I might not be always there when you call,
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: but I'm always on time. You were not on time, actually.
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: That's a great point. I was like 10 seconds late. Oh,
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: my goodness. It's almost like the day late on this
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: day 15 years ago yesterday.
• 23:57
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 23:58
  Speaker 3: But you get that.
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: You get the highlight in the end.
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: It wouldn't have been your brand if you would have
• 24:03
  Speaker 2: been on time with it.
• 24:04
  Speaker 4: Well, like when you look back, wasn't it better than
• 24:06
  Speaker 4: Jackson got in the ninth to walk it off and
• 24:08
  Speaker 4: not in the seventh.
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: If you had a choice, like if you could.
• 24:10
  Speaker 4: Play, that's the thing, you know, it's like, we wish
• 24:13
  Speaker 4: Jackson got that hit the seven.
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: Too, but Yeah, man. That was awesome. It was incredible.
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: Awesome moment. Incredible. Packers win a game. We have the
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: pleasure of talking to the voice of the Green Bay
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: Packers and our friend Wayne Larravee. We get to break
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: the news to him that we're moving to the afternoon.
• 24:27
  Speaker 4: I think he'll be happy. I think he'll be thrilled.
• 24:31
  Speaker 4: Wayne Larravee is going to join us next.
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: You're in the huddle. Fox Sports Radio, Wisconsin. We are
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: huddled up in the good land on a victory Monday.
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: The victory Monday of all victory Mondays. Badgers. Brewers, Packers, Brewers,
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: we're winning everything. Billy called it Winsconsin, and it's a
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: win for us in the huddle as we get to
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: welcome our friend Wayne Larivey, the voice of the Green
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: Bay Packers, after what I imagine was a happy flight
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: back from Tampa, Florida. Wayne, before we start, there's no
• 24:59
  Speaker 1: I in team. Media starts with me. Don't know if
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: you were with us for the announcement, but this is
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: our last Monday in this early morning slot. A week
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: from today, we'll be patrolling the airwaves between 2 and
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: 5 p.m., my friend, and you'll be coming with us.
• 25:12
  Speaker 3: Yeah, you'll be... in civilization now.
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: That's great.
• 25:17
  Speaker 3: You get to broadcast in civilization. Yes.
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: We're no longer the zombie apocalypse. And I don't mean
• 25:23
  Speaker 1: people out there. I mean, in the studio here, it's
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: the zombie apocalypse between five and 8 AM, but we're
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: moving the show.
• 25:29
  Speaker 3: I like that. A civilized time for you guys to
• 25:33
  Speaker 3: chop it up.
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: We'll be, we'll be glad to have you aboard as well. Wayne,
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: I mentioned yesterday on the Packers OT that, that football
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: is measured in yards and sometimes it's called a game
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: of inches, but the distance between one and three and
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: two and two is a galaxy, a hundred thousand miles.
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: And for the Packers to get to two and two,
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: I don't care what style points aside, it was very
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: important and much needed yesterday.
• 25:59
  Speaker 5: Yeah, no question about it, Drew, because really, and you
• 26:03
  Speaker 5: were just mentioning the schedule starts now with the Bears
• 26:06
  Speaker 5: game coming up this week and then Dallas and And
• 26:09
  Speaker 5: I can't look much farther than that, but you know,
• 26:13
  Speaker 5: but to play three games on the road and, you know,
• 26:16
  Speaker 5: if you go back to the preseason, it seems like,
• 26:18
  Speaker 5: all right, we played what six games counting preseason. Are
• 26:21
  Speaker 5: there about seven games, something like that? Only two of
• 26:24
  Speaker 5: them have been home. So this team's been on the
• 26:27
  Speaker 5: road virtually for a month and a half. And now
• 26:29
  Speaker 5: it'd be good to get home for a couple of games.
• 26:31
  Speaker 5: The bears just finished a three game homestand. So they're
• 26:34
  Speaker 5: exactly the opposite of what the Packers did, but, No,
• 26:37
  Speaker 5: you know, and yeah, was there relief? And did it
• 26:41
  Speaker 5: feel good to win a game, especially under the conditions?
• 26:44
  Speaker 5: And with Tampa playing desperate because they didn't want to
• 26:47
  Speaker 5: go to 0-4, yeah, it felt good.
• 26:49
  Speaker 3: But you know what?
• 26:50
  Speaker 5: There was a pall over the whole thing because of
• 26:52
  Speaker 5: the injury to Edgerin Cooper. I don't know, people, the
• 26:55
  Speaker 5: laymen probably don't realize how important, how good, what a
• 26:58
  Speaker 5: star Edgerin Cooper was becoming and went down with that
• 27:02
  Speaker 5: non-contact injury. And it's an Achilles from what we understand.
• 27:06
  Speaker 5: It probably is season ending. And it's just really, you
• 27:09
  Speaker 5: feel terrible first for the player. Then you feel bad
• 27:13
  Speaker 5: for the coaching staff. And then you feel bad for personnel.
• 27:16
  Speaker 5: And then you feel bad for yourself as a fan
• 27:18
  Speaker 5: and observer because you don't get to see this guy play.
• 27:21
  Speaker 3: But it's tough. And the injuries are part of the deal.
• 27:24
  Speaker 3: I get that.
• 27:24
  Speaker 5: But boy, these big time devastating injuries. Jaden Reed going up. Drew,
• 27:28
  Speaker 5: you've said this so many times. That offense, that passing
• 27:32
  Speaker 5: game is not the same without Jaden Reed. And it
• 27:35
  Speaker 5: won't be the same. without Jaden Reed. They don't have
• 27:38
  Speaker 5: a replacement for him, and he's gone for the season.
• 27:42
  Speaker 5: These injuries are tough. Hey, that's the ultimate challenge of
• 27:45
  Speaker 5: the NFL these days. It's injuries, not competition. It's can
• 27:48
  Speaker 5: you survive the injuries you incur?
• 27:50
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and I totally understand the question. Pete Doherty is
• 27:53
  Speaker 2: one of the best and has done it for a
• 27:54
  Speaker 2: long time. He asked the question, but I totally understand
• 27:59
  Speaker 2: and I thought the response from Matt LaFleur was as
• 28:02
  Speaker 2: honest and true as possible. What are you going to
• 28:05
  Speaker 2: do now without Cooper? How do you get where you
• 28:07
  Speaker 2: want to go without Cooper?
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: I don't know.
• 28:09
  Speaker 2: I don't know because he's just that good. And Wayne,
• 28:11
  Speaker 2: you're right in NFL circles. He was quickly becoming not
• 28:15
  Speaker 2: only a household name, but somebody that people were planning on.
• 28:19
  Speaker 2: I think there were a lot of people that early
• 28:20
  Speaker 2: on were planning on circling him on a number of
• 28:23
  Speaker 2: different ballots, including potentially all pro. He was that good.
• 28:26
  Speaker 2: He was having that good of a game yesterday. It
• 28:28
  Speaker 2: was arguably the best game of his career yesterday that
• 28:30
  Speaker 2: he was having. Yeah.
• 28:31
  Speaker 3: No question about it. Billy again.
• 28:34
  Speaker 5: And I asked him this summer, You know, what about
• 28:37
  Speaker 5: the plans for Coop? I mean, he was in coverage
• 28:39
  Speaker 5: so much last year. He didn't have the impact. He
• 28:41
  Speaker 5: didn't have the splash plays he had as a rookie.
• 28:43
  Speaker 5: He said, oh, we've got plans for Coop. Don't worry
• 28:48
  Speaker 5: about that. So, yeah, and they were using him. He
• 28:51
  Speaker 5: and Evan Williams, guys, were developing into two stars. And Evan,
• 28:57
  Speaker 5: God willing, is still healthy. But, you know, those are
• 29:01
  Speaker 5: two young stars on that defense. And they were going
• 29:04
  Speaker 5: to take this unit to the next level, along with
• 29:07
  Speaker 5: Micah Parsons. And when Devontae Wyatt came back up to speed. But,
• 29:14
  Speaker 5: you know, to lose a guy like that, that is devastating.
• 29:16
  Speaker 3: It's tough. It's the National Football League. It's the way
• 29:18
  Speaker 3: it is today.
• 29:19
  Speaker 5: I've never seen in 49 years now so many non-contact
• 29:23
  Speaker 5: major injuries.
• 29:24
  Speaker 3: Did they happen.
• 29:25
  Speaker 5: 40 years ago? Sure they did. But not like this,
• 29:28
  Speaker 5: it seems like. And I don't know what that is.
• 29:31
  Speaker 5: I'm not qualified to tell you. Is that the way
• 29:33
  Speaker 5: they're training? Is that, you know, nutrition? Is that there's
• 29:37
  Speaker 5: too much you know, going on with these guys in
• 29:39
  Speaker 5: terms of their bodies and the way they prepare?
• 29:42
  Speaker 3: I don't know.
• 29:43
  Speaker 5: But I just know we're seeing a lot of it,
• 29:44
  Speaker 5: and it's really devastating. This was a tough blow for
• 29:47
  Speaker 5: the Packers, believe me. So that win was tempered by
• 29:50
  Speaker 5: that feeling coming back on the plane.
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: No question. And the idea that, well, eventually Micah Parsons
• 29:55
  Speaker 1: is going to come back and he's a field tilter,
• 29:57
  Speaker 1: but having both of those guys would have taken the
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: defense to another level.
• 30:01
  Speaker 5: Here's the other thing, Drew, and I kept thinking about
• 30:03
  Speaker 5: this on the plane ride home. We're expecting when Micah
• 30:07
  Speaker 5: comes back that he's going to be the Micah Parsons
• 30:10
  Speaker 5: that left last December, right?
• 30:13
  Speaker 3: That's what we're all assuming. We're just laymen.
• 30:15
  Speaker 5: We're assuming that, right? Devontae Wyatt should be where he
• 30:18
  Speaker 5: was last Thanksgiving when he went down. Tucker Kraft should
• 30:21
  Speaker 5: be exactly where he was before. Well, you know, Devontae's back.
• 30:27
  Speaker 5: So is Tucker. They're playing, but they're not back. And
• 30:32
  Speaker 5: it's taking time. And it will take time for Micah
• 30:35
  Speaker 5: as well. Now, he's superhuman. He still may make an
• 30:38
  Speaker 5: impact early on, but he won't be Micah Parsons that
• 30:41
  Speaker 5: we know and love Until he gets back into.
• 30:45
  Speaker 3: The flow of things.
• 30:46
  Speaker 5: And, you know, that's the thing that's hard for us
• 30:49
  Speaker 5: as laymen. We're thinking, okay, we got Devontae Wyatt back.
• 30:51
  Speaker 5: We're back now. He's back playing, but he's not back
• 30:57
  Speaker 5: to where he was before. It took them, you know,
• 30:59
  Speaker 5: here's the thing, folks. Think of it this way. It
• 31:02
  Speaker 5: takes these athletes time to get to where they are superstars.
• 31:06
  Speaker 5: When they come off an injury like this, it will
• 31:08
  Speaker 5: take them time to get back there again because you
• 31:11
  Speaker 5: don't get to start from where you left off.
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: That is a good point. Talking to Wayne Larivey, the
• 31:16
  Speaker 1: voice of the Green Bay Packers here on the huddle,
• 31:18
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• 31:30
  Speaker 1: Wayne, that's a good point. You just gave us a
• 31:32
  Speaker 1: cautionary tale because Kevin Zeitler's been a Pro Bowl player,
• 31:35
  Speaker 1: and if he's ramped up and ready to run through
• 31:37
  Speaker 1: the tunnel on Sunday and face the Bears, what's he
• 31:40
  Speaker 1: going to have? The offensive line did look improved, and
• 31:42
  Speaker 1: there were times where I said to Billy, and Billy's
• 31:45
  Speaker 1: our offensive line guy, I said, Billy, look. There's players
• 31:48
  Speaker 1: on the other defense on the ground. It's not just
• 31:50
  Speaker 1: Packers players on the ground. There was an improvement there.
• 31:54
  Speaker 1: Lakin Tomlinson had a couple of missteps, but he looked okay.
• 31:58
  Speaker 1: And Travis Glover held his own. So the remaking of
• 32:02
  Speaker 1: the offensive line kind of started yesterday, and it's going
• 32:05
  Speaker 1: to continue as we move forward with Mekhi Becton and
• 32:08
  Speaker 1: Kevin Zeitler.
• 32:10
  Speaker 5: I'll be curious to see what the smart guys come
• 32:12
  Speaker 5: up with on the analytics on Travis Glover, because to me,
• 32:15
  Speaker 5: to the naked eye, it looked like he was fine
• 32:18
  Speaker 5: at left guard.
• 32:19
  Speaker 3: And, you know, so.
• 32:22
  Speaker 5: It'll be interesting to see, you know, getting these guys on,
• 32:26
  Speaker 5: there's a certain amount of know-how that goes with it.
• 32:28
  Speaker 5: Maybe they're not in their pro pole selves of the past,
• 32:31
  Speaker 5: but there's a certain know-how there.
• 32:34
  Speaker 3: And here's another thing that was interesting.
• 32:36
  Speaker 5: And I heard this on a podcast with Mike Wall,
• 32:38
  Speaker 5: the former offensive lineman. And he said, you know, and
• 32:41
  Speaker 5: people were saying, well, what about the coaching can't be good,
• 32:43
  Speaker 5: all this other stuff. He said, no, it's not coaching.
• 32:46
  Speaker 5: He said, you know, he learned more from the veterans
• 32:50
  Speaker 5: he came in under as he started his career than
• 32:54
  Speaker 5: he ever learned from a coach. The guys on the field, okay,
• 32:58
  Speaker 5: look for this. On the field, in the middle of
• 33:00
  Speaker 5: a game, on the offensive line, as they break the huddle, hey,
• 33:03
  Speaker 5: keep an eye out for this, for this, that, and
• 33:05
  Speaker 5: the other. So he learned, people learn how to play
• 33:09
  Speaker 5: the position of offensive line in the trenches differently. More
• 33:12
  Speaker 5: from those who are in the trenches with them than
• 33:15
  Speaker 5: they do from any kind of coaching.
• 33:17
  Speaker 3: Now, coaching is important. Don't get me wrong.
• 33:18
  Speaker 5: And the Packers have good coaching. But the fact is,
• 33:21
  Speaker 5: you need leadership players. What was the deal this year?
• 33:25
  Speaker 5: Who are the leaders on that Packers offensive line? Who
• 33:27
  Speaker 5: are the established veterans on that offensive line? Zach Bakobole.
• 33:32
  Speaker 5: But he was coming back from a devastating injury. And
• 33:35
  Speaker 5: now he's gone again. So, you know, there wasn't much there.
• 33:40
  Speaker 5: And I think that's something that we missed and something
• 33:42
  Speaker 5: that we didn't talk enough about is who are these
• 33:46
  Speaker 5: young guys learning from? Because you don't have veterans on
• 33:49
  Speaker 5: the field. Well, now they've got three veterans in camp,
• 33:52
  Speaker 5: two of whom are going to play. that can really
• 33:55
  Speaker 5: show these guys how it's done. And it's not just
• 33:57
  Speaker 5: on the field, it's off the field and how you
• 33:59
  Speaker 5: prepare and how you get ready to play each week.
• 34:02
  Speaker 5: This was a very young offensive line with one guy
• 34:05
  Speaker 5: who had been around and done that before. And, you know,
• 34:08
  Speaker 5: unfortunately now Zach is out.
• 34:10
  Speaker 2: Two players, Wayne, that I think are going to feel
• 34:13
  Speaker 2: the impact the most, and neither of them are Jordan Love.
• 34:16
  Speaker 2: It's Jordan Morgan and Sean Ryan because, I mean, Sean
• 34:18
  Speaker 2: Ryan is still to your point, still kind of learning
• 34:21
  Speaker 2: to play center, what seven starts last year. And then
• 34:24
  Speaker 2: he's got two guys that are first year starters in
• 34:27
  Speaker 2: the NFL alongside that you're bringing along. And Jordan Morgan's
• 34:31
  Speaker 2: only played a handful of games in the NFL at
• 34:33
  Speaker 2: left tackle, trying to do that. Now he gets somebody
• 34:37
  Speaker 2: who's played 10 years alongside him. You could just see
• 34:39
  Speaker 2: what the switches and the exchanges. I mean, it was
• 34:43
  Speaker 2: simple four man fronts and stunts that they were getting
• 34:46
  Speaker 2: beat on against Atlanta. And that did feel like a
• 34:49
  Speaker 2: lot of communication. And, you know, Matt Lafleur mentioned to
• 34:52
  Speaker 2: the NFL network crew this year that Jordan love has
• 34:55
  Speaker 2: been elite with, uh, moving protections and being able to,
• 35:00
  Speaker 2: before the play, diagnose what defenses are doing. I think
• 35:03
  Speaker 2: they were, and the guys up front were unable to
• 35:05
  Speaker 2: communicate it. That trade-off and that confidence that those guys
• 35:09
  Speaker 2: are going to bring, I do think is going to
• 35:11
  Speaker 2: impact Jordan Morgan even more because he seemed very settled yesterday.
• 35:16
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I thought the line in general.
• 35:17
  Speaker 5: Now, again, Billy, as we went into the game, Tampa
• 35:20
  Speaker 5: was not a highly successful defense.
• 35:23
  Speaker 3: Pass rushing front.
• 35:24
  Speaker 5: Now they were very good defense and they were extremely
• 35:27
  Speaker 5: salty against the run going into that game, but they
• 35:29
  Speaker 5: had had trouble.
• 35:30
  Speaker 3: Pressuring the quarterback.
• 35:32
  Speaker 5: And despite the fact that they blitzed a lot, they
• 35:33
  Speaker 5: were one of the highest blitz rate teams in the league,
• 35:36
  Speaker 5: but one of the lower pressure rate teams in the league,
• 35:39
  Speaker 5: which doesn't make a lot of sense, except that your
• 35:40
  Speaker 5: blitz is not getting home. I thought yesterday, the protection
• 35:43
  Speaker 5: was good. No sacks, two quarterback hits on the official scorecard.
• 35:48
  Speaker 5: But obviously, that'll be adjusted a little bit. But I thought,
• 35:51
  Speaker 5: for the most part, Jordan was kept clean. You know,
• 35:54
  Speaker 5: some pre-snap penalties. There were two drives where I think
• 35:58
  Speaker 5: the drives started with a false start and maybe a,
• 36:02
  Speaker 5: you know.
• 36:03
  Speaker 1: I think there was a hold on there or an
• 36:04
  Speaker 1: illegal shift on one of them.
• 36:06
  Speaker 3: Illegal shift or some goofy thing like that.
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: And they were on first downs, Wayne.
• 36:10
  Speaker 5: On first downs to start a series of plays. And so,
• 36:14
  Speaker 5: you know, the third down stuff, they were 2 for 10.
• 36:17
  Speaker 3: But they averaged.
• 36:19
  Speaker 5: five and a half yards to go on third down,
• 36:21
  Speaker 5: mostly because of penalty situations like that.
• 36:25
  Speaker 1: Wayne, Jordan Love had six interceptions, and by my count,
• 36:28
  Speaker 1: three of them were drops. Between that and fumbling twice,
• 36:32
  Speaker 1: you do that against a better outfit, it's going to be,
• 36:35
  Speaker 1: it's not a recipe for success. How can they clean
• 36:38
  Speaker 1: that up? We talked about drops all last year. I
• 36:40
  Speaker 1: think they led the league. And they're leading it again.
• 36:43
  Speaker 1: What has to happen? What switch can be flipped?
• 36:47
  Speaker 5: That's a good question. Tucker Kraft has had a number
• 36:50
  Speaker 5: of drops now. He made a nice catch and kept
• 36:53
  Speaker 5: his feet in on that goal line catch yesterday.
• 36:56
  Speaker 3: And again, I'll go back to it.
• 36:57
  Speaker 5: I mean, Tucker's not the player he was when he
• 36:59
  Speaker 5: went out last November or whenever it was. Not yet,
• 37:02
  Speaker 5: but he's getting there and he'll get there. There's no
• 37:05
  Speaker 5: question about that. He'll be a stud by the end
• 37:09
  Speaker 5: of the season. But, you know, some of the other stuff,
• 37:12
  Speaker 5: I don't know. And, you know, Jordan's not quite as
• 37:15
  Speaker 5: pinpoint as he was last year.
• 37:16
  Speaker 3: I don't know.
• 37:17
  Speaker 5: I don't have analytics. Bill Huber's got all the analytics
• 37:20
  Speaker 5: in the world. Great writer, great beat writer for the Packers.
• 37:24
  Speaker 5: As Sports Illustrated, on the Packers beat, he's outstanding. He'll
• 37:29
  Speaker 5: have analytics on this, but I'll tell you what, it
• 37:32
  Speaker 5: just looks to me like Jordan, and I think it's
• 37:35
  Speaker 5: a product of how much he's been hit in the
• 37:37
  Speaker 5: first month of the season, really the first three weeks,
• 37:40
  Speaker 5: not quite as accurate as he was last year. I
• 37:43
  Speaker 5: think that's going to get better too, is the protection
• 37:45
  Speaker 5: is better. He will get better in that regard, but
• 37:48
  Speaker 5: you know, there he missed, I want to say over
• 37:50
  Speaker 5: through two or three open receivers yesterday. Um, You know,
• 37:54
  Speaker 5: the interception in Tampa Territory, the fumbled loss by Caleb
• 37:59
  Speaker 5: Johnson deep in Tampa Territory. I mean, that game could
• 38:02
  Speaker 5: have been an easily, well, 17-point margin.
• 38:05
  Speaker 1: Easily.
• 38:05
  Speaker 2: I don't know who you hand it to. I don't
• 38:07
  Speaker 2: know who you hand it to right now because you
• 38:09
  Speaker 2: have to be able to run it. You saw how
• 38:10
  Speaker 2: different their run game is, Wayne, or their offense is
• 38:12
  Speaker 2: when you have a run game.
• 38:13
  Speaker 1: But I don't know who you hand it to at
• 38:14
  Speaker 1: this point. That's just it.
• 38:16
  Speaker 5: I don't either because, you know, Caleb Johnson, you get
• 38:19
  Speaker 5: him lathered up and all of a sudden, boom, puts
• 38:20
  Speaker 5: the ball on the carpet.
• 38:21
  Speaker 3: You can't have that.
• 38:22
  Speaker 5: You know, Chris Brooks is really best in that third
• 38:25
  Speaker 5: down roll. And then Marshawn Lloyd hasn't had much to
• 38:29
  Speaker 5: run through. And his vision, he's still getting that back.
• 38:32
  Speaker 5: But I thought what I saw yesterday, this was good.
• 38:35
  Speaker 5: You know, they got the ball to Marshawn Lloyd a
• 38:37
  Speaker 5: couple of times in the flat.
• 38:38
  Speaker 1: In space.
• 38:39
  Speaker 5: Just a little swing pass. Get him into space, okay?
• 38:42
  Speaker 5: He doesn't have to read anything but open field. Get
• 38:45
  Speaker 5: him into space. And then you saw him hurdle that defender.
• 38:48
  Speaker 5: What a spectacular play that was. For a non-scoring play,
• 38:52
  Speaker 5: that was as good as it gets.
• 38:53
  Speaker 1: He hurtled that defender and then had a false start.
• 38:56
  Speaker 1: Those are the things he can do.
• 38:57
  Speaker 2: And then a false start on the next play and
• 38:59
  Speaker 2: then almost fumbles the ball.
• 39:01
  Speaker 1: Luckily, it went out of bounds two plays later. That's
• 39:03
  Speaker 1: the thing. Avoiding the mistakes. And there's, again, the trickle
• 39:07
  Speaker 1: down with missing Josh Jacobs. And Bo Melton had a
• 39:09
  Speaker 1: drop on a key play on a third down. It
• 39:11
  Speaker 1: would have been a first down. And, you know, if
• 39:13
  Speaker 1: Jaden Reed's not hurt, he's not the target there.
• 39:17
  Speaker 5: And, Drew, you know, you're shaking your head and you're
• 39:19
  Speaker 5: exactly right. And as I've looked at the first month
• 39:22
  Speaker 5: of the season, the Packers have had to battle four
• 39:26
  Speaker 5: different opponents. They make them five because they've been battling themselves.
• 39:30
  Speaker 5: You know, in a lot of these games, trying to
• 39:32
  Speaker 5: overcome all these penalties, these turnovers, and not the number
• 39:35
  Speaker 5: of turnovers, but when they occur, my goodness, they just,
• 39:39
  Speaker 5: they are kind of backbreakers in some regards. But I
• 39:42
  Speaker 5: thought yesterday things were better. They control the football a
• 39:44
  Speaker 5: little bit better. The protection was better. They actually won
• 39:48
  Speaker 5: time of possession. The Packers came in last in the
• 39:50
  Speaker 5: universe in time of possession. And at least they had
• 39:54
  Speaker 5: the ball for 30 minutes. They won by, I don't
• 39:56
  Speaker 5: know what, 10 seconds over Tampa. But at any rate,
• 40:00
  Speaker 5: they had a little, they controlled the football a little
• 40:02
  Speaker 5: bit more. And that was crucial yesterday in that heat
• 40:05
  Speaker 5: down there because Larry kept saying it throughout the game,
• 40:08
  Speaker 5: Larry McCarron, you know, it is harder to play defense
• 40:12
  Speaker 5: in the heat. It takes more energy to play defense
• 40:15
  Speaker 5: in the heat. to rush the quarterback, that type of thing. And,
• 40:18
  Speaker 5: you know, at least the offense had some long drives.
• 40:20
  Speaker 1: Awesome. Wayne, thank you for joining us. We appreciate it.
• 40:23
  Speaker 1: We didn't even talk about the Brewers, but we've been
• 40:25
  Speaker 1: doing that all day. It's going to be a fun
• 40:27
  Speaker 1: week here. We will talk to you again on Friday.
• 40:28
  Speaker 1: Have a great week.
• 40:30
  Speaker 3: All right, guys. Talk to you Friday.
• 40:31
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• 40:47
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